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Grand Book Sale at Rothley Crossroads

Posted on 21/10/2009

Leicestershire Councty Council Community Services

21 October 2009

Grand Book Sale at Rothley Crossroads

Leicestershire Library Service is holding a book sale of ex library stock on Saturday, 21st and Sunday, 22nd November.

The event will be held from 9.30am until 3.30pm on the Saturday and from 11am until 3pm on the Sunday at the Library Service’s HQ in Loughborough Road, Rothley.

Most of the ex-library books will be available at special bargain prices.

There will be a wide choice of titles for people of all ages, including fiction, non-fiction and some local studies books, as well as many CDs and DVDs.

The sale will be accessed through the Cossington Lane entrance of the building.

  • Library Services HQ is based at Rothley Crossroads, Loughborough Road, Rothley (opposite the Red Lion).

  • There is a car park at the back of the building, disabled parking only at the front.

ENDS

Background notes

Libraries across Leicestershire are seeing an increase in visitors as the UK finds itself in a recession. Traditionally, people turn to public libraries during hard economic times - for cheaper entertainment, to help with employment, for free access to computers and to help them save money and be ‘greener’ by borrowing free books rather than buying.

Leicestershire Libraries have seen vast improvements recently as part of the £8 million transformation programme and staff are inviting the public to step into their local library to discover all the up to date services and facilities available for no or little cost.

Visitors will be supported by libraries over the coming months in their health, wellbeing, career prospects, lifestyle and general enjoyment by:

  • Stepping up to savings and improving finances – a free internet service where all the consumer price comparison and information websites are available, there are free books to borrow and you can have a cheap night in with a DVD that you can keep for a week
  • Stepping Up to success and improving job prospects – with free newspapers, free internet facilities and a large choice of titles for all sorts of learning and development
  • Stepping Out - alone or with friends and family to free events
  • Stepping Into the library’s welcoming surroundings where you can read all the latest best sellers for free and get up to date DVDs and audiobooks.
  • Stepping Up to a challenge - train your brain with crosswords, Sudoku and general knowledge quizzes.

Details of library developments can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/libraries

Details of events can be found on www.leics.gov.uk/events

Facts and figures about Leicestershire Libraries for 2008 – 2009

  • 55 libraries
  • 92,378 hours open
  • 3,853,867 visitors
  • 6 Mobile libraries
  • 412 PCs
  • 22,205 DVDs to rent
  • 728,628 books to borrow

Libraries across Leicestershire have started to see the benefits of the £5 million transformation programme and other initiatives recently introduced as they buck the national trend and see book issues increasing. Latest improvements include:

•Fifty libraries across Leicestershire open all day Saturday, with Loughborough piloting Sunday opening

•A big increase in new stock with a huge boost in best seller titles shedding the myth that the books libraries have are dusty and out of date

•Popular events and activities including wriggly readers (rhyme and story time for 0-4 year olds), internet taster sessions and family learning activities

•Online developments including improved renewal services, catalogue search facilities and 24-7 access to a librarian. Look out for ongoing developments at www.leics.gov.uk/libraries

The improvements are part of the County Council’s priorities for the next four years.